It’s been a long time, but Nashville singer-songwriter Langhorne Slim (aka Sean Scolnick) will be back in town at the Cedar Cultural Center on Tuesday, April 24th. The singer has a hit on his hands with Lost At Last Vol. 1 (his sixth full-length album) and featuring the song “Life Is Confusing” (reach over 3.5 million Spotify streams).

Although Langhorne Slim played in 2015, the last time we saw him was in 2008 was happy to report his dedicated fanbase: “He seems to have a very dedicated bunch of college-type fans, who can sing to all his song (and they loudly demonstrated this too).”

Robyn Hitchcock will be opening the show. The iconic singer is out promoting his 21st studio recording, but first-ever eponymous release. The new record is basically a re-introduction “Robyn Hitchcock”
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We caught
Robyn Hitchcock in Apr 2017 and wrote, “Clearly, Hitchcock had enough material to play a three hour set, but given his limited 40-min, he had to pick and choose some songs throughout his solo career.” Hitchcock is doing a double night residency at the Turf Club on Wednesday and Thursday this week.

Show up early to see Tristen (who was last seen touring with Jenny O. in October 2017). Tristen’s new album Sneaker Waves is out now.

Talking about their new single, Stina Wäppling said, “Tobias played the track to Lost Song for me in the car when I had just returned from India and I felt it sounded like India and it made me feel the many emotions I had gone through in that country far from home. Lost Song is about losing confidence in life, and regaining it. It's about fear and feeling unidentified, but also about regaining a basic belief in just being. You do not need to justify or excuse your existence. For me, that feeling is important not to forget and it has given me a lot of strength so I hope to convey and share that feeling!”

We saw the band in 2014 and wrote, “A Swedish trio (that doubled into six for their touring version) NONONO, opened the show with a brief but bouncy half hour of danceable alt-pop. The main three in the band (production team Astma & Rocwell and singer Stina Wäppling) were humble but thrilled to be in Minneapolis for the first time, in support of their first full-length, We Are Only What We Feel (Warner Music) and have caught the country’s attention with single, ‘Pumpin Blood’ which has been everywhere, including the soundtrack for a Samsung commercial.”

4 Non Blondes celebrated their 25th Anniversary of Bigger, Better, Faster, More! with a special vinyl edition (marking its first-ever American vinyl release) last month. The band broke up in 1994, but it doesn’t mean that they’re forgotten.

Pro Tip: Don’t have a record player? No problem, if you buy it from Amazon, they offer the digital files for free with your purchase.

Additional details provided by Universal Music below:

On October 13, UMe will celebrate the 25th anniversary of Bigger, Better, Faster, More!'s release with a special vinyl edition of this classic LP, marking its first-ever American vinyl release. In addition to its standard black-vinyl release, the anniversary LP will also be released in a limited Custom Opaque Green colored-vinyl edition that will be available exclusively through the online retailer Sound of Vinyl.

Birthed during the heady '90s alt-rock explosion, the colorful San Francisco foursome—frontwoman Perry, guitarist Roger Rocha, bassist Christa Hillhouse and drummer Dawn Richardson—crossed over from the modern-rock charts to the pop mainstream, scoring a major hit single with the anthemic smash "What's Up?," which topped the charts in several countries around the world.

Australia indie-electronic duo No Mono (not to be confused with Japanese band Mono or French electronic Mono), just released their second single ‘Violence Broken’ earlier this week.
Their debut single was called ‘Butterflies’.

No Mono is Tom Snowdon and Tom Iansek (of Big Scary) and began collaborating in 2014, when they met for #1 Dads project (‘Return To’ and a cover of FKA Twigs’ ‘Two Weeks’). The two loved working together that they’ve officially formed No Mono later that year.

Their first-ever live shows will be taking place next year, and already Melbourne has sold out.

Wednesday, 25 June 2008

Here are the last couple of weeks in music news. You may remember Ryan's post about Pitchfork Music Festival 2007, well it looks like 2008 will be another great year for this Chicago, Illinois-based organization. The Pitchfork Festival 2008 will take place July 18-20th and will feature over forty bands.

I think this Festival is shaping up quite well, and who knows? Maybe in a few years it will rival some of England's more famous Festivals like Glastonbury and Reading.

For a limited time, Pitchfork and eMusic are giving away 25 tracks for free. Since we have covered many of these bands, I have included links to our previous articles below. Grab it now because last year's 2007 Sampler is no longer available.

Other news should really come as no surprise: France is banning pirates, Duffy got some mojo, LeAnn Rimes makes her very own "My Little Pony", Beatles song making it onto Rock Band, insanely expensive gasoline prices are causing indie bands to stop touring, and how to make your very own Daft Punk suit. That last story inspired me to actually want to buy these inexpensive neon lights to design my own "Sleeper" logo shirt or something? Weekend project, anyone?